somatotropin
IPA: soʊmʌtˈɑtrʌpɪn
noun
- (biology, medicine) Synonym of growth hormone
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Examples of "somatotropin" in Sentences
- They get their BST bovine somatotropin, a growth hormone shots every day, though.
- The milk for DAHlicious lassi smoothies comes from cows free of bovine somatotropin, or BST.
- It is also called recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) or recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST).
- Or look for dairy products that specifically say they are produced without BGH (also called recombinant bovine somatotropin, or rBST).
- Choose rBST- or rBGH-Free Milk: Though cows are not (yet) genetically engineered, many are being injected with a genetically engineered recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) or recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) to boost milk production.
- AMERICANS TOOK A GIANT STEP INTO the age of edible biotechnology last month when the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of genetically engineered bovine somatotropin (BST), a hormone that can be injected into cows to make them produce more milk.
- And at Kessler's direction, FDA officials went to extraordinarily lengths to seek reasons not to approve biotechnology-derived bovine somatotropin, a useful veterinary drug, because Vice President Al Gore and his minions considered it to be politically incorrect.
- In this way he explains discrepancies in bureaucratic attitudes toward recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST, also known as recombinant bovine growth hormone, rbGH) a synthetic version of a protein produced in the pituitary glands of cattle that enhances milk output.
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